Book ID: CBB502672107

The Global Dimensions of Irish Identity: Race Nation, and the Popular Press, 1840-1880 (2015)

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Though Ireland is a relatively small island on the northeastern fringe of the Atlantic, 70 million people worldwide--including some 45 million in the United States--claim it as their ancestral home. In this wide-ranging, ambitious book, Cian T. McMahon explores the nineteenth-century roots of this transnational identity. Between 1840 and 1880, 4.5 million people left Ireland to start new lives abroad. Using primary sources from Ireland, Australia, and the United States, McMahon demonstrates how this exodus shaped a distinctive sense of nationalism. By doggedly remaining loyal to both their old and new homes, he argues, the Irish helped broaden the modern parameters of citizenship and identity. From insurrection in Ireland to exile in Australia to military service during the American Civil War, McMahon's narrative revolves around a group of rebels known as Young Ireland. They and their fellow Irish used weekly newspapers to construct and express an international identity tailored to the fluctuating world in which they found themselves. Understanding their experience sheds light on our contemporary debates over immigration, race, and globalization.

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Authors & Contributors
Wade, Peter
López-Beltrán, Carlos
Santos, Ricardo Ventura
Ernesto Schwartz-Marín
Antoniou, Yiannis
Bogiatzis, Vassilis
Journals
Social Studies of Science
Archives of Natural History
British Journal for the History of Science
Environmental History
HOST: Journal of History of Science and Technology
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Bloomsbury Academic
Brutus Östlings Bokförlag Symposion
Columbia University Press
Duke University Press
Harvard University Press
Concepts
Nationalism
Race
Technology and politics
Science and politics
Genetics
Colonialism
People
Du Bois, William Edward B.
Hitler, Adolf
Michael Francis Moloney
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
18th century
Places
Ireland
Greece
United States
Germany
Latin America
Brazil
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